You may not have known it (I sure didn’t), but We Are Scientists have been running a comedy series on the Lil MTV program in the UK. Seriously, “Lil MTV.” The episodes are actually short, two minute or two, comedy sketches where the guys try to come up with ways to make money to pay [...]

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Atlas Sound will also be there San Francisco’s Noise Pop festival announced the start of their 2010 lineup this week. I had a great time there in 2008 and it looks like this year would be a blast as well. I mean, come on; they’ve got the Magnetic Fields. Full lineup after the break. Noise [...]

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Vampire Weekend just posted their new song “White Sky” off Contra for streaming on their Myspace page. It’s the same one they’ve been performing live for a while now. It hasn’t really changed much, but why would it? They were pretty much singing live to the backing track they use on record. Stream “White Sky” [...]

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If it’s December at You Ain’t No Picasso, then it’s time for Mixmas! Every year I like to turn YANP over to some of my favorite bands to showcase some of their favorite songs through a themed mix. They pick a theme, five songs that fit the theme and then share a little about why [...]

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I had heard Florence and the Machine’s name floating around for a while, but had never gotten around to listening to them until this week. I was on my way to get some blood drawn when this song came on WRFL. I sat in the hospital parking lot for two minutes waiting for the song [...]

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If it’s December at You Ain’t No Picasso, then it’s time for Mixmas! Every year I like to turn YANP over to some of my favorite bands to showcase some of their favorite songs through a themed mix. They pick a theme, five songs that fit the theme and then share a little about why [...]

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Big thanks to Snakes Got a Blog for posting this new Miracle Fortress track from one of his shows in Montreal. Because the intro is cut off, we can’t be sure how much of it he samples and loops beforehand, but this seems like a fair departure from his debut album. Even though that was [...]

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The official Wolf Parade fansite decided to check in with the guys to see what they were up to. Surprise surprise, they’re expecting to be done with their third record this spring. Drummer Arlen Thompson let us in on the secret details: The record is going well. We’re just starting songwriting. We’ll be in the [...]

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Great news! The Morning Bender’s new album Big Echo will be out March 9 on Rough Trade. They’ve also go a spring tour worked up, dates for which you can see after the jump. I feel like I’ve been waiting for this one a long while, so it’s great to have a date finally set. [...]

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